Topock, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bullhead City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86436. It stands on Sacramento Wash. The Survey maps it on the Topock quadrangle. 2 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
On record in Topock
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Old Trails Bridgelisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresTopock fell from 10 to 2 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 2 | -8 (-80%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1903 USGS Needles quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Needles quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Needles Special quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Topock quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Topock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Topock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1970 USGS Topock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Needles quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Topock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,164 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 328 acres | Lake Havasu Refuges Complex | SACRAMENTO |
| 12 September 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Lake Havasu Refuges Complex | CATFISH |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | TOPOCK |
| 21 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Havasu Refuges Complex | FLARE |
| 19 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CEMENT TIRE |
| 19 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Havasu Refuges Complex | PALO VERDE |
| 13 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | MOABI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Topock: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Minute | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Self Bentonite | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Topock in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 13 flood, 11 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Topock | $500,000 | Heavy rain in the Sacramento Wash basin produced high flows in the wash, which covered the Oatman-Topock Highway with mud and water and damaged 50 boat slips at the Topock 66 Spa and Resort on the Colorado River. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Topock | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Lightning | Topock | $20,000 | Lightning knocked out power to 272 customers in Topock. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Topock | $10,000 | A vehicle was stuck in several feet of water where the Sacramento Wash crosses the Oatman-Topock Highway. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Topock | $5,000 | Water and mud flowed across the Oatman-Topock Highway at the Sacramento Wash. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Topock | $5,000 | Mud slid over some roads in Topock. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Topock | $2,000 | A web camera showed water and mud flowing over Oatman-Topock Highway at the Sacramento Wash. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Topock | $2,000 | The Sacramento Wash flooded the Oatman Topock Highway. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Topock | $2,000 | The Sacramento Wash flooded the Oatman Topock Highway. |
| October 2015 | Flood | Topock | $2,000 | Oatman-Topock Highway was closed at the Sacramento Wash due to flooding. |
| October 2015 | Flood | Topock | $2,000 | Oatman-Topock Highway was closed due to flooding of the Sacramento Wash. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Topock | $2,000 | The Sacramento Wash flooded Oatman-Topock Highway. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Topock | $2,000 | Route 66 near Topock was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Topock | $2,000 | The Oatman-Topock Highway was closed from mile markers 1 to 7 due to flooding. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Topock | $2,000 | Over a foot of muddy water flowed over the Oatman-Topock Highway at the Sacramento Wash. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Oatman-Topock Highway was closed from Tule Dr to I-40 due to flooding. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Oatman-Topock Hwy was closed. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Oatman Hwy was closed. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Topock | $1,000 | The Sacramento Wash flooded the Oatman-Topock Highway. |
| August 2018 | Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Oatman Topock Highway was closed due to flooding of the Sacramento Wash. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Oatman Highway was closed at the Sacramento Wash. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Oatman Highway was closed due to flooding of the Sacramento Wash. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Oatman-Topock Highway was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2015 | Flood | Topock | $1,000 | The Sacramento Wash flooded the Oatman-Topock Highway. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Topock | $1,000 | The Oatman-Topock Highway was closed due to flooding at the Sacramento Wash. The first evidence of flooding was a webcam picture at 6 AM, but the actual start time is unknown. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Topock | $1,000 | Several inches of water and mud flowed across the Oatman-Topock Highway at the Sacramento Wash. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Topock | - | Near Interstate 40. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Topock | - | 6" diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Topock | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Topock | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catfish Paradise | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Fivemile Landing | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Powell | 5.8 miles | 26 | |
| Arizona Village | 10.7 miles | 25 | |
| Franconia | 11.5 miles | 26 | |
| Desert Hills | 12.8 miles | 28 | |
| Jops Landing | 13.6 miles | 28 | |
| Willow Valley | 14.8 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Topock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6644483 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24657. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










